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1.  Government  expects  that  subscribers  to  the  Produee 
Loan,  who  have  sold  their  crops,  shall  pafy^  over  the  pro- 
ceeds and  receive  tlie  ]>onds,  and  that  those  who  have  not 
sold,  will  in  the  present  favorable  condition  of  the  market, 
nt  once  do  so  and  make  a  like  disposition  of  the  funds, 
since  sales  can  be  readily  made  to  merchants  and  others, 
whcso  capival  is  tiinnVu  oiit  of  employ  by  the  war,  at  prices 
wiiicli  c(iuai  the  average  of  the  past  few  years. 

2.  If  the  subscril^s  prefer,  Government  will  itself  take, 
at  market  value,  produce  already,  or  hereafter  to  be  sub- 
scribe4,  and  the  undersi,--ncd  is  prepared  to  make  the  neces- 
sary arrani-ements  and  deliver  the  Bonds,  thus  facilitatino- 
^Otl!cmcn•!-— tl'.e  article  iiciniX  of  a  diaracter  useful  to  the 
army  or  susceptible  of  bein^•  made  in  its  hands  the  basis  oi 
credit  and  negotiation  at  home  or  abroad.  Such  negotia- 
tions to  an  extent  have  already  been  made,  and  it  is  believed 
can  be  continued  so  as  greatly  to  promote  the  public  interest. 

3.  Horldins"  the   above  in  view,  cotton  will^ifof  be  pur-    V''~-'C 
chased  in  positions  which  are  in  proximity%to  the  .enemy  or. .        .    X 
likely  to  be  immcdiateJ^ccupied-  by  hilfi,  but  must  l)e  vc-  V^    * 
moved  by  tlw  owner  to^  safe  di^tapce  ;  nor  shaH  Tt  be  ta- 
ken except  in  qutn^titi^of  twenty  bales  andt)ver,  in^mer-*  \ 
chantable  order,  well  baled,  and  in  a  covcroi  I'lii^^^^.^f^" 
])lantation  or  in  warehouse,  with  the  pledge  o^tlic  seller  to 

take  due  care  of  and  deliver  it  when  required,  at  his  usualV 
shipping-  point,  without  aharge  for  transportation  or  storage, 
"but  w  iihout  liability  for  loss  aftei*  esicrcising  due  care. 

4.  •  Ag-onts  shall  cause  to   '^    sampled,    classiffW   and 
weighed,  each  bale, of  cotton  purchased  by  the  Government,     • 
and^mark  the  weight  upon  it,  with   tlTf  initials,  C.   S.  A. 
They  shall  certify'in  duplicate  to  the.  quality,  (piantity'^and 


wciglit,  to  the  market  price  and  location.  Tl;ey  shall  say 
if  it  is  nudor  secure  cover,  and  in  order  far  market,  and  it' 
they  are  not  themsclve.sjciuijiiliod  to  determine  upon  quality, 
shall  a])i)end  the  certificaie  of  one  ]io.ssc.<.ring  such  qualifica- 
tion. 

^  5.  Tlie  market  ^•*aluc  is  to  be  ascertained  i'rom  actual  and 
?;o;ja  .AVe  sales,  or  oftei's,  recently  made  l)y  parties  in  the 
iieicrhborhood,  and  it  is  to  he  considered  that  this  value  will 
vary  from  state  to  state  and  county  to  coimty,  as  the  cotton 
may  be  near  or  distant  from  market,  or  more  or  less  ex- 
posed to  the  enemy. 

G.  The  form  of  a  bill  ot  sale  whic^h  Js  to  be  signed  iu  du- 
j'Ucale.  is  as  follows.  Agents  will  be  furnishedVith  ncccs- 
sarv  blanks  : 


BILL     OF     SALE. 

-Bales  ;  Aggregate  Weight at- 

State  ok . • 


County  of  , 
Town,  of  P.  0., 


The  undersigned  having  sold  to  the  Confederate  States  of  America 
and  received  the  value  of  the  .same   in  Bonds,   the    receipt    whereof  is 

hereby  acknowledged, —bales    of    cotton, 

marked,  numbered  and  classed  as  in  the  margin,  which  is  now  depos- 
ited at 

hereby  agrees  to  take  due  care  of  said  cotton  whilst  on  his  plantation 

and  to  deliver  the  same  at  his  own  expense,  at 

in    the    Slate  of-     -, —   to    the  order  of  the 

/  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  or  his  Agents,  or  their  Assigns.     ^ 


CK  R  TIF  I  C  A||:  E. 

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The  u:ulcrsif<ffc(l,  a.s  A^cnt   of  the   Government,  certifies  that  the 

^within  Cotton  has  been  examined  by  him  or  by  a  competent  judge,  and 

that  its  character  will   rank  according  to  the    commercial    scale  r.s 

__-and  also,  that *thc  weights  and  marks  arc 

as  described — the  Cotton  being  in  good  merchantable  order,  and  safely 
stored  m  a  covered  building,  marked  C  S.  A. 

The  tUTdtrsigned  cerlifies  thafthc  price  acrccd  upon  is  a  fair  raArket 
price  at  the  present  time. 


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T.  As  a  u'oneral  rule,  cotton  will  not  be  purcimsed  nearei" 
tlian  twenty  miles  from  the  enemy's  lines,  or  which  is  not 
within  our  lines,  and  when  it  has  received  advances  from 
the  State,  the  amount  of  the  advance  must  have  been  re- 
funded.     *         ■  J 

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8.  When  the  invoice  and  afjent  s  ceitifi|p,te  are  received.  ^  * 
Confederate  Bonds  jn   duo   proportipa  of  $100,  S500  and 
SlOOO  each  will  be  delivered"  liy  the  undersigned  to  the  part/ 

or  his  agent,  or  transmitted  at  his  expense,  but  no  settle- 
ment can  take  place  until  all  the«requisitions  are  complied 
witlv 

9.  Parties  having  Confederate  Treasury  Notes  which 
they  would  exchange  for  Bonds,  can  do  so  at  any  time  by 
paying  them  over  to  tlie  undersigned  or  to  the  following 
persons,  who  are  authorized  to  receive  and  forward  them  : 

Walter  Goodman,  Holly  Springs.  ^ 

B.  C.  Adams.  Grenada. 

C.  Baskerville,  Columbus, 
Barksdale  &  McFarland,  Yazoo  City. 
Francis  Poe,  Special  Agent,  Grenada. 

10.  Agents  will  receive  and  forward  all  offers  that  arc 
made  to'supply  articles  necessary  for^he  army. 

11.  Agents  will  be  allowed  the  usual  brokerage,  and  will 
forward  their  bil,ls  in  dujilicate  to  bo  adjusted.  They  arc 
requested  to  promote  the  sale  of  Bonds.  No  charges"  will 
be  admitted  unless  specially  authorized. 

12.  Agents  will  have  an  eye  to  the  security  of  all  cotton 
owned  by  the  Government  in  their  neighborhood,  and  notify 
the  undersigned  or  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  any 
changes  that  may  affect  it. 

13.  Agencies  will  be  established  in  Louisiana  at  an  early 
day,  but  in  the  meanwhile  parties  will  address  the  under- 
signed. 

14.  Where  cotton  is  deposited  in  warehouse,  the  ware- 
house receipt  must  bo  delivered  up,  endorsed,  and  the  party 
must  defray  any  expenses  that  are  incurred  for  storage. 


•  % 

TliO  Jionds'of  rlie  t.'oiiir  irraiu  Stai'-.-,  driiwinji'  intoiv^i  ui 

eight  per  cent.,  constitute   itnc  of  the  liest   secnrilies   and 

most  advaritaireous  investments  that  can  be  otFcrcil  to  ca[ii- 

tal.  and  tlioso  avIio  Iiavc  control   of  even  tliCh^maUest   sums 

innot  do  better  rlian  im^st  them  in  fmuls  Avhich  are  now 

vcrywhcio  in  dtnwnd  and  at  par.     ThcHnterest  is  payable 

^L^nii-annually  by  tne^ieasury  Agent  in  each  State,  and  is 

-  oiiL'ureA  l»y  the  war   tAx  and   ai\  expoVt  duty  ^  on  eottoii. 

Considerations  of    patriotism  and  devotion  to  oiii*  glorious 

rause  should  alone,  howevei^  induce   every  good  citizen  to 

give  his  aid  to  lii^^  country  by  taking  as  large  an  amount  ^is 

possible  of  these  Bonds.  •  *  • 


J.  D.  B.  DeBOW. 

Gc'iii'ral  .flpi-Hitt. 


Jackson.  Mis?.,  Julv  24,  1S()2. 


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SCALE     OF     P  li  I  C  E  ri  . 


Wo,  the  undersigned,  submit  the  following  scale  of  valuation  fi)r 
ihe  different  grades  of  Cotton,  on  the  basis,  respectively,  of  six,  nine 
and  ten  cents  f^r  d leans  Middling  Cotton  :  (other  basis  will  be  in  like 
:  roportion.) 


Ordinary,  .... 

Good  Ordinar3\       .... 

Low  Middling, 

Liverpool  Middling, 

Orleans  Middling,    ^  . 

Good  Middling, 

Middling  Fair, 

Fair,      ...... 

Fully  Fair,    .  ... 

Good  Fair  and  upward?,     . 

New  Or.LEANs,  April  17, 18C2. 

J.  E.  VALLE,  Cotton  Broker. 
PAYNE,  HARRINGTON  c^'  CO., 

Cotton  Factors. 

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